[29] 'The return of the French Freebooters from the South Sea, by the mainland, in 1688.' Written by Sieur Raveneau de Lussan, one of the party, taken from his _Journal du voyage fait a la Mer du Sud avec les filibustiers de l'Amerique en 1684 et annees suivantes_. Paris. 1689. Just published. Crown 8vo. price 7_s._ 6_d._ With 546 Illustrations, including 18 Coloured Plates. THE OUTDOOR WORLD OR _THE YOUNG COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK._ By W. FURNEAUX, F.R.G.S. CONTENTS. PART I.--ANIMAL LIFE. CHAP. I. Ponds and Streams. II. Insects and Insect Hunting. III. The Sea-shore. IV. Snails and Slugs. V. Spiders, Centipedes, and Millepedes. VI. Reptiles and Reptile Hunting. VII. British Birds. VIII. British Mammals. PART II.--THE VEGETABLE WORLD. IX. Sea-weeds. X. Fungi. XI. Mosses. XII. Ferns. XIII. Wild Flowers. XIV. Grasses. XV. Our Forest Trees. PART III.--THE MINERAL WORLD. XVI. Minerals and Fossils. London: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. New York: 15 East 16th Street. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors corrected. The illustration that was originally on page 271 was moved to 269 so that it would not interrupt the flow of a paragraph. This was also done with the plate originally on page 277. It is now on page 274. Many and varied were the hyphenations in this text due to the different stories. Examples are: battlefield and battle-field, and bodyguard and body-guard. These variations were retained. Page 156, although the original does have "Ireland", possibly "Iceland" was meant (within sight of Ireland) Page 159, "Cortes" changed to "Cortes" (first took Cortes) Page 237, "slik" changed to "silk" (silk--of rich and) Page 248, "miles" changed to "feet" (seven thousand feet above) Page 261, "sacrified" changed to "sacrificed" (reserved to be sacrificed) Page 266, "Atzec" changed to "Aztec" (dismay of the Aztec)